Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
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Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering essential nutrients later known as vitamins and for pioneering the field of nutritional biochemistry.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins canonical | 4 |
| Frederick Gowland Hopkins | 1 |
| Frederick Hopkins | 1 |
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Target entity: Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins Context triple: [Emmanuel College, Cambridge, alumnus, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins]
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Arthur Geoffrey Walker
Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
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Emil Adolf von Behring
Emil Adolf von Behring was a German physiologist and immunologist renowned for developing serum therapy against diphtheria and tetanus, earning him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Frederick Banting
Frederick Banting was a Canadian medical scientist and physician best known for co-discovering insulin, a breakthrough that revolutionized the treatment of diabetes and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Hodgkin was a British chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for advancing X-ray crystallography and determining the structures of vital biomolecules such as penicillin, vitamin B12, and insulin.
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Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling was an American chemist, peace activist, and two-time Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nature of the chemical bond and molecular biology.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins Target entity description: Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering essential nutrients later known as vitamins and for pioneering the field of nutritional biochemistry.
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A.
Arthur Geoffrey Walker
Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
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B.
Emil Adolf von Behring
Emil Adolf von Behring was a German physiologist and immunologist renowned for developing serum therapy against diphtheria and tetanus, earning him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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C.
Frederick Banting
Frederick Banting was a Canadian medical scientist and physician best known for co-discovering insulin, a breakthrough that revolutionized the treatment of diabetes and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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D.
Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Hodgkin was a British chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for advancing X-ray crystallography and determining the structures of vital biomolecules such as penicillin, vitamin B12, and insulin.
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E.
Linus Pauling
Linus Pauling was an American chemist, peace activist, and two-time Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nature of the chemical bond and molecular biology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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biochemist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
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Knight Bachelor ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ |
| coRecipientWith | Christiaan Eijkman ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1861-06-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1947-05-16 ⓘ |
| discovered | essential amino acid tryptophan ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
King’s College London
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surface form:
Guy's Hospital Medical School
University of London ⓘ |
| employer |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| familyName | Hopkins ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biochemistry
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nutritional biochemistry ⓘ physiological chemistry ⓘ |
| founded |
Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
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surface form:
School of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge
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| givenName | Frederick ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovery of essential dietary factors later called vitamins
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isolation of tryptophan ⓘ pioneering nutritional biochemistry ⓘ work on accessory food factors ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Order of Merit
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| middleName | Gowland ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCategory | Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeMotivation | for the discovery of vitamins stimulating growth ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Albert Szent-Györgyi
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Joseph Needham ⓘ |
| occupation |
biochemist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Eastbourne
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England ⓘ West Sussex ⓘ
surface form:
Sussex
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| placeOfDeath |
Cambridge, England
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surface form:
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridgeshire
England ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
president of the Royal Society
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professor of biochemistry ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied |
relationship between diet and growth
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vitamins ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cambridge, England
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surface form:
Cambridge
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